Improvement in bail-ears



A. B. LEWIS, Jr.

BAIL EARS.

No.176,017. Patented Apri11l,1876.

WITNESSES I-N'VEW'TOR I57, By H 116% Attorneys.

NFHERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW B. LEWIS, JR, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAIL-EARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,0 [7, dated April11, 1876 application filed February 11, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, A. B. LEWIS, Jr., ofGincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Bail-Ears for Buckets; and I do'hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva tion, sectioned in detail,showing a bucket as equipped with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a view ofone ear detached.

My invention relates to bail-ears for buckets or other vessels; andconsists in an ear provided with a rivet or lug attachment, whereby theeye ofthe bail can be securely engaged with same.

Heretofore, in ear attachments, it has been difficult to obtain such arigid and durable engagement for the bail as would insure a permanentbearing; but by suitably connecting to the ear, a rivet, forming eithera separate part, or cast or forged in a single piece of metal therewith,the above premise is obviated.

A is any bucket, to which is applied the ear attachment B, provided ateither extremity or intermediate points with the prongs 0 adapted topass through the side of the bucket, and thereby secure the ear to thesame. D is a rivet, which may be at any convenient position on the earB, and which forms the bearing for the bail E. This rivet D may be castor constructed in one and the same piece of metal as the ear, or it maybe entirely independent and separately adjustable. Its special formisimniaterial to the present issue, as its interior extremity may beclinched and bound to the inner face of the ear-plate, or it may beprovided with a thread corresponding to same on the ear, as male andfemale screws, or nut and washer attachments may be added thereto. So,too, its head may be plain, square, 8220., all of the foregoingmodifications being matters of taste and construction, which do notaffect the spirit of my invention. Likewise, the within-describedbail-car does not retract or limit the invention, since it is apparentthat the former can be varied or be of any nature whatever withoutimpairing this feature of an improvement on an ear which gists my idea.

The bail E can engage with the rivet D by means of the eye 6, as shownin the drawing,- or any other convenient attachment can be made use of,the bail and its construction forming no part of this application, andbeing of any form desired.

All of theaabove parts are of any material suitable to the occasion oruse.

I am aware that a bail-ear, consisting of a single metallic strap,having two lateral prongs and a loop for the attachment of the bail, hasbeen used heretofore; and, also, a rivet or lug has been combined withan ear that is secured to the bucket by screws; hence, I do not claim,broadly, the combination of a lug with a bail ear; but

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of rivet or lug D, with an elongated bail-ear, havingupper and lower prongs O G, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

' 2. The combination of the baitE, having eye 6, with bail-ear havingupper and lower prongs O O and rivet D, substantially as and for thepurpose specified. j

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this4th day of February, 1876.

ANDREW B. LEWIS, JR. [L.S.]

Witnesses:

J. G110. SNYDER, JOSEPH E. DOYLE.

